Saturday, May 31, 2008

I'm pretty surprised that Old Navy got to this before Forever21. The Vena Cava Bernard dress in Wicker Print was shamelessly knocked off to become the Color Block Tank Dress at Old Navy. I actually noticed this while flipping though the May issue of Lucky a while back and was surprised that Lucky would include it in their deals section as Vena Cava's prints are completely recognizable...but whatever. Here's the photographic evidence:Vena Cava Bernard Dress

I know that blatant knock-offs have become so everyday no one bats a lash anymore but there's something seriously cruel about copying those Vena Cava prints. Instead of taking advantage of awesome modern advances like illustrator, the Vena Cava ladies still hand draw all their prints and take them to Kinko's to photocopy/enlarge. Bad Old Navy, BAD!

yeah i've seen several vena cava knock offs at f21 but not the bernard dress. i definitely remember a few with the "feather deco print" from spring 2007 which made me cringe...i'd rather save up and get the real thing than spend just as much on a million knock offs that fall apart in 2 months...

I agree with both comments, knock offs are a blatant copy, and insult the designers work; however some people just can't afford that expensive a dress. For dresses like these I've gone to shopgoldyn.com - it's designer but not crazy expensive.

It definitely sucks to be a smallish designer and have corporations boldly steal your ideas. I disagree with the notion that intellectual property theft is justified by the fact that not everyone can afford a $400 dress. When I couldn't afford stuff, I shopped a thrift stores and wherever I COULD afford something. If it meant I couldn't have a Prada look, that was my problem, not Prada's.